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May Alcott Nieriker (1840-1879): Little Woman, Big Ambition, part 1 by Maria Dintino

Moderator’s Note: This piece is in co-operation with The Nasty Women Writers Project, a site dedicated to highlighting and amplifying the voices and visions of powerful women. The...

Short Stories for Perverts

These short stories for perverts are unconcerned with what you think. They are audacious and fearless in their pursuit of emotional truths.

Writers

Writers have problems. Writers win prizes. Writers play ping-pong, think other writers are their friends. Writers write baseball novels. Writers write war novels. Writers write abo...

Nasty again

I hate it those unmistakably grinds those longings at night ...

A Marine, Two Murders, and a War on Women

The Verve and Confrontation of Lisa Yuskavage’s Naked Ladies

The women pop up again and again, in canvas after canvas, like a random intrusive thought that refuses to go away, or a masturbatory fixation that both disturbs and excites.

Nasty Little Secrets

An infamous murder case is blown back open when a crime writer’s sister goes missing—and her bestselling book might be the key to finding her.

Is There a Place for Female Rage in African Literature?

African literature has shown to be conversant with women’s emotions. Littered across African literature are stories of grieving mothers, scorned wives, long-suffering daughters, wo...

5 incredible feminist horror authors to read if you loved Lucy Rose's The Lamb

If you loved Lucy Rose’s The Lamb, discover the best feminist horror authors to add to your TBR list. From body horror to folk dread, these writers are redefining the genre.

Darby Bozeman on the Allure of Toxic Female Friendships

When I first cracked open The Clique by Lisi Harrison back in middle school, I didn’t know what I was in for. I was immediately hooked by these Westchester mean girls, and I begged...

Five Novels About Haunted Girls

There is nothing quite as eerie and laced with danger as growing up a girl. Even if you don’t realize it yourself at the time, the world around you will let you know by treating yo...

The Impossible Path Forward for Women in Politics

Republicans have spent years disparaging all things associated with women. Now Democrats are following suit.

Subverting the Nude

In 1970, after living abroad for over seven years, the New York painter Joan Semmel returned to the city, rented a loft in Soho, and, within months, substantially remade herself as...

What Is Femgore? An Introduction to the Feminist Horror Subgenre

Get to know the feminist horror subgenre of femgore, including some of the best titles to pick up.

The Blackthorn Women

The snake lay across Ursula Blackthorn’s workshop doorstep, fat and lazy as spilled sin. She paused, and she was not a woman easily deterred. Nearly sixty years on this earth had t...

Books on Trauma and Remaining Unmarried for Arab Women

  A few years ago, a viral social media trend emerged that highlighted the way male writers often portray female characters. Women were invited to describe themselves as if they we...

Word Wrangler: May 17, 2026

Ten women born or based in the Lone Star State who created their own empires.

Inside the Conference Where Conservative Women Let Loose

Amy Littlefield The mainstreaming of brazen sexism in the conservative movement left the attendees at Turning Point’s women’s summit looking for a soft place to land. The post...

Women’s Work: My Barrier-Breaking Early Years at Mother Jones

As I page through colorful old copies of the magazines from my eight years at Mother Jones, memories start firing. I came on board as an editor in 1979, just as we were moving into...

Witches, T. Kingfisher, & More

Not Here to Make Friends RECOMMENDED: Not Here to Make Friends by Jodi McAlister is $1.99! Shana gave the ent...

Murderous Intent and Muses: Vile Lady Villains by Danai Christopoulou

With sumptuous language and dramatic descriptions, Danai Christopoulou has crafted something lovely. The post Murderous Intent and Muses: <i>Vile Lady Villains</i> by D...

We Deserve More “Ugly” Female Characters in Comics

When it comes to how their female characters look and dress, comic books are deathly afraid of difference.

Uncomfortable Truths: “Set It Off,” “Girl 6,” and “Naked Acts” at 30

As Black cinema experienced a renaissance in the mid-'90s, three films made space for the Black female experience.

July 2026 Reads for the Rest of Us

Each month, Ms. provides readers with a list of new books being published by writers from historically excluded groups. Dear feminist reader friends, I don’t ask you for much. But...